We went to Grandma and Grandpa's for Thanksgiving which was great and sad all at the same time. It was nice to go somewhere that felt familiar but it was harder to leave it behind then ever before. I mean before it was 2.5 hours away and now we're a really long plane ride away. After Thanksgiving sales were only so-so this year, but with the economy stinking it up, there was not the huge crowds as usual which was much appreciable albeit sad for the survival of the stores.
Back at work things were coming along with the setup. It seems like we keep hitting plateaus in the unpacking. There is still so much to get done and every time I turn around there is something that we need or are missing. It is enough to drive anyone insane. One crappy part of the event was my project that I was working with was a sponsored research project sponsored by a company. Due to the worsening economy, the company decided our project would be part of their downsizing. Well that just sucked to say it as politely as possible. Luckily my bosses are founders of another start-up company that is being incubated inside UCSD. Me and my other now jobless cohorts (all of which just moved to San Diego) lost our jobs on 12/17 and had an interview on the 18th with the other company. What a great start to the Christmas holiday, huh?
Christmas was a crazy time as always. We continue to do the travel everywhere trip which is great and crappy at the same time. We love seeing both sides of the family but the traveling does wear us out and we always wish we could spend more time with everyone. It was a great holiday though. It was a hard holiday with my side of the family with my Aunt Alma's passing. Christmas was always the time that we visited with her and it was hard not getting to see her this holiday. We were able to visit with some of my extended family that I don't get to see much of and that was just great.
We returned to the Cali with a little nervousness of what was going to happen with my future employment. Our New Year's we celebrated at home watching the ball drop on CNN because they delay the NY celebration out here. So we celebrated New Year's at 9pm instead of midnight. I guess I'm still stuck a little bit in the east coast :)
On Jan 2nd I had a second interview for the other company and luckily I am now gainfully employed again (YEA!). I never thought I would be taking the risks that I am with working for a start-up company. I mean, I'm always the one who takes the safe route and tries not to rock the boat but here I am always thinking of what is going to happen if the company doesn't make it because in the current state we're in you never know. Hopefully I'll have this job longer than 4 months :)
John's birthday arrived on Jan 10th and we took off for Disneyland. The deal is you get in free on your birthday and so being that neither of us had ventured there before we thought it would be fun. To our great luck, someone was selling their 3rd day of a 3-day pass for $20 so we went to Disneyland for $20 total. It was great fun even though we didn't get a chance to see everything. I guess that just means we have to go again (my birthday maybe?). John got a button that said it was his birthday so everyone at the park and even some other people just walking around would say "Happy Birthday John! Are you having a good time?" It was just so cool. I do have to say that Disneyland was quite different than Disney World. Not bad, just different. Also we got to try out churros for the first time which is apparently the big thing to eat there. It is basically a fried doughnut stick dipped in a cinnamon-sugar mix. I have to say that now I would like to be a connoisseur of these delicious delicacies although I don't know if my current Weight Watchers points will be able to include them on a regular basis.So then this week we've been trying to get in the swing of labwork. Things are starting to get going and we tried out the new fancy schmancy new microscope in lab that is AWESOME (totally cool nerd toy). I will hopefully post a picture of the cool pictures you can get from it. It is just way cool.
On Saturday (1/17) we headed to Sea World with Rachelle and Anne. Getting the yearly pass (which is the same price as getting a one day pass for So Cal residents) was so worth it because we leisurely took in the park. There was aquariums that we missed but hey we'll just come back some other day and check those out. The churros at San Diego are not as good as the churros at Disneyland (my taste testing continues). Also the funnel cakes are not nearly as good as those you can get at the NE FL county fair from the CMS band. I have high standards for my Weight Watchers points and I was disappointed. I'm guessing my weigh-in this week is not going to go so well :(
Well that brings us up to today which has been a lot of still trying to get the house in order. The apartment is livable but could be better organized and we still need to get things off our patio (we have gotten 2 notices to get the amp and chinchilla supplies off of it-I'm thinking the next notice will have a fine inside). We're off to Target to try and find some organization inspiration where I am sure that I will spend more than $100 since apparently I am unable to leave that store without spending a small fortune. Off to spend the little bit of money we have :)
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